Ep. 192: The Demystification Of Staffing (& Meet Kimberly!)

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Business, Education, Careers, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah have just staffed their new show, the remake of the iconic series, Fantasy Island! They talk through the staffing process — from reading scripts to writer meetings to creating group chemistry. Their main message: If you don’t get the job, it’s not personal. In From The Outer Office, Liz and Sarah introduce their new assistant, Kimberly Chiang, who talks about what it’s like to work with people she’s never met in person. The short answer? It’s weird. This week’s Hollywood Hack has changed Liz and Sarah’s work life: the Nulaxy Laptop Stand. If you want to order a Happier In Hollywood rainbow Silipint travel cup with lid, email happierinhollywood@gmail.com for more information. Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Side Hustle School, Do The Thing, and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! Kimberly’s Foster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fosterborks/ Nulaxy Laptop Stand (Amazon Associates link): https://amzn.to/3ie7VHJ *Please note that because this is an Amazon Associates link, we are required to disclose on the site/post that we may be eligible to earn from our recommendations. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My signed photo of Ricardo Montabon arrived from eBay this morning.
0:06.3	Oh my god, that's amazing. Now, is there some authentication?
0:11.2	Or like, how do you think it's his real signature?
0:14.5	I have no idea. I can only just put my hope in that it's his real signature.
0:21.5	It looks like a real, someone's real signature. I don't know if it's his.
0:26.4	Let's just believe. I choose to believe.
0:30.3	Either way, I plan to be inspired by his photo.
0:39.2	Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood. The podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:44.0	sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backfighting,
0:48.0	superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:52.6	I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend and
0:57.5	writing partner Sarah. That's me, Sarah Fane. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood,
1:03.4	how we balance a career and friendship, and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in
1:08.0	Los Angeles. In today's episode, we're going to talk about staffing. What is it? How does it work?
1:14.1	We'll try to demystify this often mysterious process. We're also going to hear from the outer
1:20.3	office. We'll talk to our new assistant, Kimberly Chang, about what it's like to start a new job
1:25.2	entirely on Zoom. It is so weird. Finally, this week's Hollywood hack is a work from home game
1:32.0	changer. We can't believe it took us 10 months to find this essential item. But first, we have an
1:38.4	update. Liz, you recently revealed your word of the year on the Happier podcast. Yes, so
1:44.8	Gretchen and I talked about our words for 2021 in episode 306 of the Happier podcast.
1:51.8	Gretchen's word, by the way, Sarah is open and mine is butterfly because I want to be a social
1:58.0	butterfly after I get the vaccine. And I want to emerge from my COVID cocoon metaphorically and
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